From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:14:52 -0700 > Patrick McHardy wrote: > > > It would be nice if someone would finally come up with a generic > > interface based on netlink (RTM_NEWLINK) instead of adding yet > > another couple of homegrown interfaces. > > My preference is for ioctls, procfs, or similar that does not > require extra libraries. Ethtool is an ioctl based approach, > so that could potentially be used, though I'm not sure if > that's the right place to put it... I totally disagree. Netlink doesn't require libraries, the libraries just make using it easier. It's a simple protocol sent over a socket, if you include the right headers you can do it all yourself. We shouldn't fail to use our proper core network configuration interface just because it's inconvenient for you. _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
